Method of and machine for making envelopes



H. Y. ARMSTRONG METHOD OF ANi) MACHINE FOR MAKING ENVELOPES 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 2, 1920 Nov. 25, 1924. 1,516,905

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'HARRY Y. ARMSTRONG, UF SYBAGUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM. L. HALL, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EtZETHOI) OF LAND MACHINE FOR MAKING ENVELOPE-S.

I '0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY Y. ARMSTRONG,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of and Machines for Making Envelopes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a method of and machine for producing envelopes, and refers principally to a method and means of producing envelopes from a continuous strip of paper unwound from a roll,-which roll may be the finishing roll of a paper making machine, the web of roll paper, in such event, being adapted to be carried directly through a machine having means to trim the unfinished margins at such areas relatively to the pasting mechanism as to accurately applythe paste with respect to the trimmed edges.-

The invention relates also to a novel method of and apparatus for producing multiple envelope sections during the folding and pasting operations and to thereafter divide the multiple envelope sections to produce finished individual envelopes.

Another object of the invention is to produce a novel method andmeans of folding multi-envelope sections and grouping them in overlapping relation .and, further, to sever the grouped sections to produce the complete individual envelopes.

Another object of the invention is to produce a novel method and means of trimming the raw edges of a paper web in such manner relatively to the marginal paste applying means as to insure that the paste areas will be accurately applied to the web margins and avoid shifting of the trimmed margins relatively to the paste applying rollers.

Other objects of the invention are to improve the art of making envelopes, and the inventionconsists in disclosed steps and com- 50 bination and arrangement of the parts shown in the drawings, described in the specification, and pointed out in the appended claims.

As shown in said drawings;

F1gure 1 is a diagrammatic partial vertical sectlonal and partial side view of the essential elements of an envelope machine embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical view as seen from the line 22 of Figure 1, with parts shown in section.

Figures 3 and 4 are details of the web edge trimming means.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a roll to apply paste patches for pasting the walls of the envelope together.

Figures (}$(,1, and 8 illustrate progressive steps of f0 ing the web to produce multienvelope sections.

F1gure 9 is a to plan view of the fold- 1ng, group1ng, an cutting mechanism.

Figure 10 is a perspective view of the paste applying roll for applying paste to the envelope flaps.

Figure 11 is a plan view of a portion of the paper web after it has been scored and paste applied thereto and before the multienvelope sections have been folded and cut therefrom.

Figure 12 is a perspective view illustratmg the manner of folding and pasting the envelope walls together.

. Figure 13 is a perspective view of a complete envelope.

The particular form of envelopewhich this machine is designed to produce is shown in Figure 13. It comprises front and rear walls E, E. The sections are divided from the web W along the transverse dotted lines e (Figure 11), each section comprising the wall members E, E that are joined along the fold line 6'. The front member E of each section is provided with a flap ortion E which is folded along the score ine e, and to the inner face'of which is applied a paste patch or area e Said flap is adapted to be folded over the wall member E and may be. pasted thereto. The front and rear walls E, E are pasted together by paste patches e that are applied to the members at and parallel to their end margins. The said paste patches 6, as herein shown, extend entirely across the members of walls E, but terminate short of the closing flap E and the fold line e ofsaid closing flap is located intermediate the width of said fiap so that when the flap is turned down over the rear wall of the envelope and is pasted thereto, an opening is left at the end of the flap into which a knife or other envelope opening implement may be inserted.

The strip W shown in Figure 11 embraces two parallel rows of envelope sections but may embracea larger number. When the strip is made of a width to correspond to two envelope lengths intermediate paste patches 6 are applied to the web in the general manner of the patches e, a but are wider than the latter patches. When the multiple envelope sections are cut from the web and folded and pasted along the paste patches or areas e e, the said envelope sections are cut or divided along the intermediate or central paste patch 6 said paste patch being of such width that when so divided or cut strips of paste are left at the adjacent ends of the resulting envelopes of a width substantially equal to the end paste patches 6*. In some instances, the front wall or member E of the envelope is provided with transparent portions or outlook windows e, suitably located thereon.

The web W from which the envelopes are made, as herein shown, is unwound from a roll 15 that may be the finishing roll of a paper making machine indicated as a whole by 16, or the web may be thus unwound from a storage roll. To unwind the web from the finished roll of a paper making machine, however, possesses material ad-.

vantages with respect to the cost of handling the paper and the simplicity of the entire operation.

The paper web W is trained over a guide roller 17 and is thence carried through a mechanism to produce the transparencies or .windows e. As herein shown, these transparencies are impressed on the paper between an upper hollow heating roller 18 and a series of angularly spaced pads 19 that are mounted on a rotary carrier 20. Said pads 19 are movable in contact with, and receive a transparency producing medium from, a transfer roller 21 that rotates partially submerged in a transparency producing material contained in a receptacle 22. The said pads 19 are angularly spaced a distance equal to the distance between the windows 6, and the number of pads in each row will depend upon the number of envelope sections which are embraced in the. web. In the present instance the carrier is providedv with two sets of pads located in spaced radial planes. The shape, dimensions and relatively angular relation of said pads determine the shape, size, and the positions of the transparencies or windows e in the envelope.

After the transparency medium has been impressed on the web, said web is carried overc. a heating plate or device 23 to dry or set the transparency medium. It is thence carried downwardly over a guide roll 24 and between paste patch applying rolls 25, 26, the latter roll applying the paste to the adjacent or rear side of the web, and the former roll 25 constituting a backing against which said roll 26 acts. Said roll 26 receives paste from a transfer roll 27 that rotates partially submerged in a paste pct 28 that is associated with a heater 29 to maintain the paste in workable condition.

When a two section strip is used, such as is shown in Figure 11', the paste applying roll 26 is provided with a central, wide curved paste applying projection 30 and two end, relatively narrower, curved paste applying projections 31; the intermediate paste applying projection '30 applying the wider, intermediate paste patch a to the web, and the end projections 31 applying the end paste patches 6 to said web. The said paste applying projections 30, 31 are not complete circles, but are interrupted at one side of the roll, as indicated at 32, 33, the width of said interruptions or spaces being greater than the width of the closing flap sections E of the web, so as to thereby avoid applying paste to the ends and intermediate parts of said closing flap sections, as best shown in Figures 11, 12, and 13.

Just before said web passes between the paste applying rolls, it is passed between margin cutter discs 35, 36 that; are fixed to rotating shafts 37, and overlap at their sharpened cutting peripheries to trim the irregular margins w, w from the web, which are present as the web leaves the finishing roll of the paper making machine 16. In

accordance with one phase of my invention, said margin trimming knives or discs are located closely adjacent to the paste applying rolls 25, 26 so as to minimize danger of .the web shifting laterally after the margins are trimmed Therefore, the paste applying rolls may accurately place the paste patches a relatively to the margins of the web. 7

After the web leaves the paste applying mechanism it is carried between drawing and cutting rolls 38, 39, respectively. The

cutting rollv 39 is provided with diametrically opposed cutting knives 40 seated in longitudinal grooves and extending slightly beyond the periphery of the roll. The roll 39 is provided at the sides of each knife with two bearer or gripper blocks 41 which are seat-ed in longitudinal grooves in said roll 39, and are backed by springs 42. The function of said bearer or gripper blocks is to press the web against abutting surface ofthe drawing roll 38 so as to hold the web relatively fixed on the rolls during the cutting operation. j

The drawing roll 38 is equal in diameter to the cutting roll 39 and the circumference of each of said rolls equals the length of two envelope sections W. Said drawing roll 38 is provided with diametrically opposed longitudinal notches 44 to receive the edges of the cutting knives 40 .when the knlves pass the notched portions of the rolls 38 said rolls being, in practice, geared together so as to be driven at equal speeds and to thereby maintain the knives and notches in registration. The roll 38 is provided at its longitudinal center with -a curved recess or groove 45 and its ends with like depress ions 46 of widths corresponding to the widths of the paste patches 6 6, so that the paste which has theretofore been applied to the web will not be engaged by the rolls (Figure 2).

The drawing roll 38 is also provided with two pairs of scoring knives 47, 48, the former to produce the score lines 0' between the wall members E, E, and the latter to produce the score lines e about which the closing flap is folded.

Below the cutting and drawing rolls is located a folding mechanism which is made as follows:

The cut section to produce an envelope or envelopes is delivered in rear of parallel upper and lower folding rolls 50, 51. The cut section is forced between said rolls by a folding blade 52 that is mounted on the upper ends of swinging arms 53 which are pivoted to a shaft 54. The folding blade is swung towards and from the folding rolls 50, 51, by means of a connectingarm 55 that is actuated by a rotary eccentric 56. The shaft 52 of said eccentrics will rbe so geared to the cutting and drawing rolls 38, 39 that the folding blade will be forced towards the folding rolls just at the time the cut section is released from the 7 cutting and drawing rolls. A stop 58 may be located on the machine to arrest the cut section should it be released from the rolls 38, 39 before the tucker blade engages the same. Figures 6. 7, and 8 show the manner in which the folding blade advances and forces the intermediateportion of the envelope section between the folding rolls 50, 51. The folding blade then recedes and the bight of the rolls on the partially folded section continues the feeding of the section between the rolls to complete the fold. The folding blade strikes the section somewhat below the transverse center thereof, so that the upper edge of the section, as it is pre sented to the folding rolls, and which appears at the top of the folded section. extends beyond the lower member E of the folded envelope to constitute the closing flap E The folding blade 52 is provided at its tucking edge with a. central notch 61 (Figure 2) to avoid bringing the said tucking edge in contact with the central paste patch a, and said blade is made somewhat shorter than the distance between the end. paste patches 6 for the same purpose.

The envelopes are rapidly elivered onto the upper laps of belts 62 (Figure 1) trained about rolls 63, 63 which cooperate with the lower laps of upper belts 64 trained about other rolls 65 which are adapted to be geared to operate in unison with the rolls 63. Guards 66 extend forwardly from the upper folding roll 50 and are provided at their forward ends with downturned stops which serve to properly position the envelopes on the belts. The lower belt 62 extends forwardly of the upper belt a distance about the length of the guards to properly receive the folded envelope sections, and the stops '67 at the mounting of the forward roll 63 prevent the envelopes falling ofi" the forward part of the lower belt. The belts 62 and 64: deliver the envelopes between other upper and lower belts 70, 71 trained about the rearmost rolls 63 andv 65 and other rolls 72, 7 3 which latter belts. de-

- liver the envelopes to a platform 75'. The

said belts 62 and 64 are narrow, one pair being located at the center and the others at the sides of the grouping mechanism.

The envelopes are delivered onto the belts 62 in the overlapping manner shown in Figures 1 and 9. That is to say, the trailing, closing flaps of each envelope extends rearwardly beyond the next lower envelope on which it is supported, so as to expose said closing flap for the application of the paste patches 2 thereto. Paste is applied to said fiaps'as the envelopes are carried between the belts 62 and 64 by means of a paste roll 80 that rotates in timed relation to the driving mechanism for the belts, and is rovided with a plurality of parallel angularFy spaced ribs or projections 81 that are adapted for contact with the envelope flaps to apply the paste thereto. Said paste roll 80 rotates in contact with a transfer roll 82 that rotates partially submerged in a body of paste contained. in a paste box 83.

While the envelope sections are passing between the belts and 71, they are transversely severed intermediate the center paste line 6 by means of coacting rotary shears 7 5 fixed to rotating shafts 76 mounted in the frame, as best shown in Figures 1 and 9, so that finished, pasted envelopes are delivered on the platform The gears by which the shafts 76 will be driven are so proportioned that theperipheral speed of the retary cutters will be approximately that of the moving envelopes. Thereby the envelope sections-are severed to produce finished envelopes.

It will be apparent that a machine constructed as described may be operated to lac envelopes are made form a continuously moving sheet or web of paper without any waste whatsoever, and may be made from paper taken directly from a paper making machine.

It will be understood that the structural details of the machine may be considerably varied from those shown without departure from the spirit of the invention and that the invention is not limited to the particular arrangement shown, except to claims embodying the details, and as imposed by the prior art.

ll claim as my invention:

1. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of envelopes without waste, comprising paste applying rolls between which a web is passed, one of which has transversely continuous and circumferentially interrupted end and intermediate raised paste applying areas to apply narrow paste patches to the extreme edges of the web and intermediate wider, transversely continuous paste patches, severing and drawing rolls for cutting connected multi-envelope sections from the web, folding means to 'fold the multi-envelope sections, and means to cut the sections lon gitudinally through the intermediate wider paste patches.

2. In an envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of sidewise disposed envelopes, without waste, means to support a web roll, paste applying rolls between which the web is passed, one of which has end and intermediate, circumferentially interrupted and transversely continuous raised paste applying areas to produce side patches on the web and intermediate laterally continuous wider paste patches.

3. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of envelopes without waste, comprising means to support a web roll, paste applying means to apply aligned side and intermediate disconnected paste patches, means to transversely cut sidewise disposed envelope sections from said web, means to fold the sections with the end and intermediate sections adhered, and means to transversely sever the folded sections longitudinally of and intermediate said intermediate paste patches to produce individual'envelopes,

4. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of sidewise disposed connected envelopes Without waste, comprising paste applying rolls between which a web is passed, one of which has end and a transversely continuous intermediate paste applying areas to apply paste patches to the extreme edges of the web and intermediate wider, transversely continuous longitudinal paste patches, through which the completed envelopes are paste applying rolls between which the web is passed, one of which has end and intermediate paste applying areas, a pair of severing, drawing, and scoring rolls for scoring the web and for cutting multenvelope sections from the web, folding means to fold the connected multi-envelo e sections, and means to thereafter sever t eenvelope sections to produce individual envelopes.

6. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous Web a series of connected sidewise disposed envelope without waste, comprising means to support a web roll paste applying rolls between which the Web is passed, one of which has end and an intermediate paste applying areas, the

intermediate area being transversely 'continuous and of a width at least twice as wide as the end area, severing and drawing rolls for cutting multi-envelope sections from the web, folding means to fold the multienvelope sections, the said paste applying areas being circumferentially interrupted to space the paste patches ofadJacent envelope sections, and means to sever the envelope sections 'at the intermedlate paste patches or areas. 1

7. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of 4 sidewise disposed envelopes without waste, comprising means to support a web roll, paste applying rolls between which the web 'is passed, one of which has two end and a wide continuously transverse intermediate paste applying areas, a pair of scoring, severing, and drawing rolls for cutting multi-envelope sections from the web, and folding mechanism constructed with means to fold said multi-envelope sections to cause one edge to trail behind the other edge to produce a flap to close the envelope opening.

'comprising means to sup-port a web roll,

paste applying rolls between which the web is passed, one of which has end and intermediate paste applying areas, severing and drawing rolls for cutting multi-envelope sections from the web, folding mechanism constructed with means to fold said multienvelope sections to cause one edge to trail behind the other edge to produce a flap to close the envelope opening, group-ing means to group said envelopes in overlapping relation with the closing fiap of each envelope projecting rearwardly from the preceding supporting envelope, and a rotative paste applying roll beneath the grouping means provided with a plurality of longitudinal, angularly spaced, paste applying areas.

10. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of sidewise disposed envelopes without waste, comprising means to support a web roll, paste applying rolls between which the web is passed, one of which has end and intermediate paste applying areas, severing and drawing rolls for cutting m'ulti-envelope sections from the web, folding rolls across which said sections are delivered, and a tucker blade movable toward and from the folding rolls to present multi-envelope sections thereto.

11. An envelope making machine for producin from a continuous web a series of sidewise disposed envelopes without waste, comprising means to support a Web roll, paste applying rolls between which the web is passed, one of which has end and intermediate paste applying areas, severing and drawing rolls for cutting multi-envelope sections from the web, folding rolls across which said sections are delivered, and a tucker blade movable towardand from the which said sections are delivered, a tucker blade movable toward and from the folding rolls to present the envelope sections thereto, and belts to receive the envelopes, the lower belt extending beyond the upper belt towards the folding rolls of preliminarily receive the folded envelopes.

13. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of sidewise disposed envelopes without waste, comprising means to support a web roll, paste applying rolls between which the web is passed, one of'which has end and intermediate paste applying areas, severing and drawing rolls for cutting multi-envelope sections from the web, folding rolls across which said sections are delivered, atucker blade movable toward and from the folding rolls to present the envelope sections thereto, upper and lower belts to receive the envelopes, the lower belt extending beyond the upper belt towards the folding rolls to preliminarily receive the folded envelopes, stop means to limit the delivering movement of the envelopes on the lower belt to cause saidenvelope sections to be grouped in vertical overlapping relation, and paste applying means to apply paste to the envelope flaps when so grouped.

1 1. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of sidewise disposed envelopes without waste, comprising means to support a web roll, paste applying rolls between which the web is passed, one of which has end and interl mediate paste applying areas, severing and drawing rolls for cutting multi-e'nvelope sections from the web, folding rolls across which said sections are delivered, a tucker blade movable toward and from the folding rolls to present the envelope sections thereto, upper and lower belts to receive the envelopes, the lower belt extending be end the upper belt towards the folding rol s to preliminarily receive the folded envelopes, and stop means to'limit the delivery movement of the envelope sections on the lower belt.

15. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of. sidewise disposed envelopes without waste, comprising means to support a web roll, paste applying rolls between which the web is passed, one of which has end and intermediate paste applying areas, severing and drawing rolls for cutting multi-envelope sections from the Web, folding rolls across which said sections are delivered, a tucker blade movable toward and from the folding rolls to present the envelope sections thereto, upper and lower belts to receive the envelopes, the lower belt extending beyond the upper belt towards the folding rolls to preliminarily receive the folded envelopes, and guards over the lower belt, provided at their ends with envelope limiting stops.

16. In an envelope making machine, means to fold an envelope section upon itself to produce the walls of the envelope, with a closing flap on one wall that extends beyond the other wall, means to overlappingly group the folded envelopes, with said flaps trailing, and means to apply paste to said flaps when so grouped.

17. In an envelope making machine, means to fold an envelope section upon itself to produce the walls of the envelope, with a closing flap on one wall that extends beyond the other wall, means to overlappingly group the folded envelopes with said flaps trailing, and a roll provided with a pinrality of angularly spaced, longitudinal paste applying ribs.

18. In an envelope making machine, folding rolls, means to deliver envelope sections thereacross, means to present the sections to the bight of said rolls to cause the rolls to grasp and fold them to form envelopes having extended folding flaps, a take-01f belt to receive the envelopes, means to overlappingly group the envelopes with their flaps trailing, and means to apply paste to said flaps when the envelopesar'e so grouped.

19. In an envelope making machine, folding rolls, means to deliver envelope sections thereacross, means to resent the sections to the bight of said ro is to cause the rolls to grasp and fold them to form envelopes having extended folding flaps, upper and lowerbelts to receive the envelopes, the lower belt extending beyond the upper belt towards the folding rolls to preliminarily receive the envelopes, and guard and stop means to engage and limit the delivery-movement of the envelopes to cause them to overlappingly grouped with their flaps trailing.

20. In an envelope making machine, folding rolls, means to deliver envelope sections thereacross, means to present the sections to the bight of said rolls to cause the rolls to grasp and 'foldthem. to form envelopes havlng extended closing flaps, side and interme diate take-oil belts to receive the envelopes, means to group the envelopes between said belts with their flaps trailing, and a paste applying roll beneath the grouping means provided with a series of angularly spaced, longitudinal paste applying areas, said roll belng interrupted between its ends opposite to the intermediate take-ofi' belt.

21. In an envelope making machine, means to sup ort a web of a width from which is pro need a plurality of sidewise disposed envelopes, paste applying rolls between which the web ispassed, one roll being provided with a continuously transverse intermediate and end pasteapplying areas which are circumferentially interrupted to space the paste patches applied thereby to the web, drawing and severing rolls between l which the web is passed, the severing roll being provided with knives extending beyond its periphery and the drawing roll being provided With grooved portions to receive said knives, and adapted to register with the unpasted parts of the web, and envelope folding means'beyond said drawing and severmg rolls.

22. In an envelope making machine,

means to support-a web of a width from which is produced a plurality of sidewise disposed envelopes, paste applying rolls between which the web is passed, one roll provided with end and intermediate transversely continuous paste applying areas which are circumferentially interrupted to space the paste patches applied thereby to the web, drawing and severing rolls between which the webis passd, the severing roll being provided with knives extending beyond its periphery and the drawing roll belng provided with grooved portions to receive said knives, and adapted to register with the unpasted parts of the web, and envelope folding and severing means beyond said drawing and severing rolls.

23. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of sidewlse disposed envelopes without waste, comprising means to support a web roll, paste ap lying rolls between which the web is passe one of which has end and intermediate paste applying areas, severing and drawing rolls for cutting multi-envelope sections from the web, folding mechanism constructed with means to fold said multienvelo e sections to 'cause one edge to trail behin the other edge to produce a flap to close the envelope opening, and means to apply paste to said flaps H 24. An envelope making machine for producing from a continuous web a series of sidewise disposed envelopes without waste,

comprising means to support a web roll, paste applying rolls between whlch the Web is passed, one of which has end and intermediate paste applying areas, severing and drawing rolls for cutting multi-envelope sections from the web, folding rolls across which said sections are delivered, and a tucker blade movable toward and from the folding rolls to present multi-envelope sections thereto. V

25. The combination with the finishing roll of a paper making machine, of an envelope ma ing machine, embracing means to draw a web directly from said finishing roll, paste applying rolls, cutting and folding mechanism, with means to direct the web in sequence thereto and hold the web taut in passing from said roller to the paste applying rolls, and means located adjacent to the paste applying rolls to trim the irregular edges from the web.

26. The combination with roll means to support a raw edge paper web roll, of edge trimming means to trim the raw edges from the web after it leaves said roll means, means immediately adjacent to said edge trimming means to apply paste to the Web at said trimmed edges, and means to cut envelope sections from the web so cut and to fold the sections to produce envelopes.

27. The combination with roll means to support a raw edge paper Web roll, of shear means to cut the irregular edges from the Web as it leaves the roll means, paste applying rollers immediately adjacent to and in advance of said shear means, and means to cut paste applied sections from the web and to fold and paste the same to produce envelopes.

28. The combination with roll means to support a raw edge paper web roll, of means to draw a web directly from said roll means, paste applying rolls, cutting and folding mechanism, with means to direct the web in sequence thereto, means located adjacent to the paste applying rolls to trim the irregular edges from the web, and means between the said roll means and said edge trimming means to apply to the Web a transparency producing medium in position to form outlook windows in the envelope wall.

29. The method of producing envelopes from a continuously movable web Whose Width is a multiple of the finished envelope lengths, comprising the steps of applying to the margins and intermediate portions of the Web aligned, longitudinally discontinuous paste patches, cutting and folding the pasted Web to produce multi-section envelopes, and finally dividing said latter sections through said intermediate aste patches.

30. The method of pro ucing envelopes from a continuously movable web Whose Width is a multiple of the finished envelope lengths, comprising the steps of applying to the margins .and intermediate position of the level aligned, longitudinally discontinuous paste patches for transversely cutting sections from said web, folding said sections and grouping them in transverse overlapping relation to each other, and finally cutting the folded and pasted sections along the line of said intermediate paste patches.

31. The method of producing envelopes from a continuously moving Web which consists of unwinding a raw edge web from a roll, applying paste to the margins of said Web, trimming the irregular raw margins from the Web just before applying the paste patches thereto, and cutting and folding the web to roduce envelopes.

In witness whereof I claim the foregoing as my invention, I hereunto append my signature at Syracuse, New York, this 31st day of January, 1920.

HARRY Y. ARMSTRONG. 

